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Conference with Labor Negotiator

Dec 9, 2025

Labor Negotiations with Employee Unions

These union negotiations determine wages and benefits for city firefighters, street workers, and other employees — outcomes affect your city services and property taxes.

Nov 18, 2025

Conference with Labor Negotiator

Nov 4, 2025

Conference with Labor Negotiator

Sep 10, 2024

Ratify Side Letter Agreement with AFSCME Local 3947 - Article 19

Sep 3, 2024

Ratify Side Letter Agreement with AFSCME Local 3947 - Article 19 (Duplicate)

Sep 3, 2024

Approve MOA with AFSCME Local 3947 for Fiscal Years 2019-2024

This agreement affects your city services by establishing wages and benefits for municipal employees who maintain your streets, water systems, and public facilities.

Apr 9, 2024

AFSCME Local 3947 Union Agreement 2019-2024

This contract sets wages and benefits for city workers who maintain your streets, handle permits, and provide daily city services — delays could affect service quality.

Apr 9, 2024

Ratify Side Letter Agreement with AFSCME Local 3947

Sep 5, 2023

Ratify side letter agreement with AFSCME Local 3947

Sep 5, 2023

Resolution Ratifying Side Letter Agreement with AFSCME Local 3947

Sep 5, 2023

AFSCME Local 3947 Memorandum Agreement Amendment

Jun 6, 2023

Ratify Side Letter Agreement: AFSCME Local 3947 Administrative Analyst Salary Increase

Jun 6, 2023

AFSCME Local 3947 Labor Agreement Amendment

Jun 6, 2023

Resolution - Ratify Side Letter Agreement with AFSCME Local 3947

May 23, 2023

Ratify Side Letter Agreement with AFSCME Local 3947

May 23, 2023

Amend FY 2021-2022 Budget - Essential Worker Pay Agreement with AFSCME

Essential worker pay recognizes the contributions of city employees who worked during the pandemic and supports their families, funded through federal relief money rather than your local taxes.

Mar 22, 2022

Essential Worker Pay Agreement with AFSCME Local 3947

City workers who risked their health serving you during the pandemic—from sanitation to public safety—are receiving pandemic relief payments funded by federal coronavirus recovery funds, not your tax dollars.

Mar 22, 2022

Conference with Labor Negotiator

Oct 20, 2020

Amendment to AFSCME Local 3947 Uniform Allowance Agreement

This ensures city workers who are required to wear uniforms get their proper allowance, which helps them maintain professional appearance while serving you.

Sep 11, 2018

Essential Worker Pay for 68 AFSCME Local 3947 members

Sep 3, 2024

city council

The council's largest approved expenditure was $150,000 split among three recurring fire apparatus vendors — Bit Pros Fire Services, William Kalvikov DBA Fire Apparatus Solutions, and Performance Truck Repair Inc. — passed 4-0 on a consent block (Spicer absent throughout the meeting) that also included a $70,000 recurring purchase order to Waxie Sanitary Supply; a standalone $125,000 recurring purchase order to Life Assist Medical Supplies was approved separately 4-0. A $120,000 fuel purchase order split among Jankovich, SC Fuels, and Wood Oil (item 18, also recurring) was pulled by the city manager before the vote with no reason stated on the record. The council held a public hearing on reallocating $743,175.67 in unspent CDBG funds dating back to 2017 — the city manager stated HUD had physically visited city hall and warned of penalties if the funds were not expended — drawing approximately five public speakers who raised questions about vagueness in the proposed program categories; the hearing closed 4-0, but no separate approval vote on the reallocation itself is documented in the transcript. Two identically-described resolutions — items 16 and 17 — ratifying what is listed as the same AFSCME Local 3947 Article 19 side letter were each approved 4-0 with no council discussion of the duplication.

Apr 9, 2024

city council

The largest approvals at the April 9, 2024 meeting were multi-year (2019–2024) labor agreements: AFSCME Local 3947's agreement carries recurring annual costs of $712,620 and $524,290 plus $87,631 in additional costs (Item 2, 5-0); CMEA/AFSCME Local 2325 carries recurring costs of $413,691 and $373,169 plus $74,248 and $53,814 (Item 3, 5-0); and a companion salary plan amendment for unrepresented employees was also approved 5-0 (Item 4). The council additionally approved, all 5-0 with limited floor discussion: $29,000 to Impact Overhead Door Service for water facility gate repairs (ARPA-funded); $40,000 to Sherwin Williams for anti-graffiti paint; $25,000 to BP Ford of Long Beach for Ford fleet maintenance; $11,000 to O'Reilly Automotive for auto parts; and $7,485 to Maven Roofing Company for a Luders Park skylight repair drawn from an insurance recovery account — while a $57,600 recurring landscaping contract with Zorro Landscape Inc. (Item 6) was pulled by staff before a vote, with staff stating it needed clarification and would return at a future meeting. Structured agenda data flags that several vendors appear across multiple line items totaling amounts above their stated resolution ceilings: Impact Overhead Door Service totals $87,000 across four line items against a $29,000 authorization; Sherwin Williams totals $80,000 across two line items against a $40,000 authorization; and BP Ford totals $50,000 across two line items against a $25,000 authorization — no council member raised these discrepancies during discussion. Twelve residents spoke during public comment on topics including street prostitution near schools, fire station conditions, inoperative security cameras, potholes, graffiti, and the absence of an AED in city hall, but none addressed any of the spending items voted on that evening.